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From: j@bonnie.heep.sax.de (J Wunsch)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: Where to get BSD?
Date: 21 Jun 1995 11:09:11 +0200
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Erin Chantel Shukin <ecs120@duke.usask.ca> wrote:
>Where and what do I get to run FreeBSD?
>
>I have been on ftp.freebsd.org and looked in /.../2.0.5-RELEASE
>
>but there are so many files...
Just get the boot.flp image out of the directory ``floppies'', and
dump it onto a 1.2 MB or 1.44 MB floppy. (In case you do only have
DOS to do this, just get the program ``rawrite.exe'' out of the
directory ``tools'', too.)
All you need then is a connection of your intented FreeBSD box to the
Internet, along with some FTP server nearby that's mirroring the
distribution. (Nope, Jordan is not yet flying by and continuing the
rest of the installation himself. :--)
Should you don't have direct access to the Internet, you need the
files out of `distrib' (sp?). But do yourself a big favour, make the
boot floppy first, go and boot it, and DO READ THE DOCUMENTATION
(on-line)! Sorry for shouting, but so many people here are ignoring
this advise.
--
cheers, J"org private: joerg_wunsch@uriah.heep.sax.de
http://www.sax.de/~joerg/
Never trust an operating system you don't have sources for. ;-)